“In almost every situation you can imagine this happening in, it qualifies as breach of peace,” he said. “If you walk into a restaurant with a gun it’s almost by definition a breach of peace.”

That results in an arrest and sets in motion a chain of events that usually results in the revocation of an issued pistol permit, he said. And that’s the way it should be, Lawlor said. Anyone who walks into a McDonalds plainly carrying a firearm either intends to alarm people or is irresponsible, he said.

Here’s the problem: If you have a permit, it’s perfectly legal to walk into a McDonalds in Connecticut while plainly carrying a firearm. As Gideon notes, the problem is that too many cops in Connecticut simply don’t know the law. Lawlor’s solution isn’t to educate them, but to come up with creative (and baseless) applications of other laws that allow cops to continue to violate the rights of Connecticut citizens who exercise their right to carry.”

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People like Lawlor (and the bedwetting liberal carpetbaggers that put people like him into positions of power in CT) are the reason I will not open-carry in Connecticut (except in a time of violent civil unrest).

When the law says something is legal, but the people in charge of enforcing and interpreting the law refuse to obey it, what can John Q. Public do about it? Ever try to force a policeman to write a ticket to someone? How about forcing a prosecutor to bring charges against someone?

Lawlor obviously needs to be publicly tarred & feathered, right before he is fired. And this blatant attempt to defy the law must be slapped down hard, to discourage dictators-in-training like Lawlor.

We (advocates for gun rights) should fight to make open carry legal, and the knowledge of that fact more well-known. But until the legal environment (and public opinion) are more friendly to open carry, I counsel against the practice in CT and other blue states unless there is no legal way to carry concealed.

As a Police Officer I was not aware that CT permits are to carry pistols and revolvers not concealed carry permitsuntil recently. If you do choose to walk into a McDonalds as mentioned above with a firearm and cause alarm you ARE NOT breaking the law by causing alarm , because an area of the C.G.S for Breach of Peace stated that causing alarm by those not licensed or privilaged to do so(See Subsection ^ Below). As a Permit holder you are license and therfore can not cause alarm. But please keep this in mind , use your judment because other actions you do could be percieved as threatening. But carry openly as you wish. It is Legal in CT.

Sec. 53a-181. Breach of the peace in the second degree: Class B misdemeanor. (a) A person is guilty of breach of the peace in the second degree when, with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, such person: (1) Engages in fighting or in violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior in a public place; or (2) assaults or strikes another; or (3) threatens to commit any crime against another person or such other person’s property; or (4) publicly exhibits, distributes, posts up or advertises any offensive, indecent or abusive matter concerning any person; or (5) in a public place, uses abusive or obscene language or makes an obscene gesture; or (6) creates a public and hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which such person is not licensed or privileged to do. For purposes of this section, “public place” means any area that is used or held out for use by the public whether owned or operated by public or private interests.

That would be an INDIVIDUAL right…

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.